A Career in Nursing: Is it right for me?, 1st Edition
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- Simple, proven, common-sense tips, tactics and survival strategies cover every stage, from deciding to be a nurse, to choosing and being admitted to nursing school, succeeding academically, getting the first job, and thriving in a nursing career.
- Anecdotes and interviews with practicing nurses highlight the human side of nursing.
- The direct, conversational, and humorous writing style makes it easy to read.
- Dispels the myths, misconceptions, and stereotypes of the nursing profession.
- Includes the most recent data and statistics regarding the nursing shortage, job trends, health care systems, policy development and more.
- Explores the many aspects of college life.
- Advice helps you establish and achieve personal goals for success.
- Appendices direct you to print and online resources for educational information, ways to pay for college, and nursing-related organizations.
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1. You Don’t Have to Like Blood to Be a Nurse
2. Tell Someone Who Cares
3. Making a Career Decision Is Enough to Make Anyone Sick
4. How to Get Where You Want to Go
5. The “5 R’s”: Choosing the Right School
6. Invasive Procedures: Getting into School
7. Going to School
8. Need a Brain Transplant? Try Graduate School
9. The Insider’s Scoop on Job Opportunities
10. Working for a Living
11. Survival in the Workplace
Appendix A: Resources
Appendix B: Nursing Organizations -
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